The announcement will reveal more of the detail behind the recent partnership between Gehry Technologies and Autodesk, which also includes a starchitect led advisory board including Zaha Hadid, Ben van Berkel and Moshe Safdie.

The partnership marked a significant departure from GTs traditional approach, as it had previously worked solely with Autodesk rivals Dassault.

According to McGraw-Hill Construction research, bim users are seeing positive payback from their use of the technology, even as the design and construction industry confronts a down economy.

Users enhance productivity, improve their ability to integrate teams and earn an edge on the competition.

More specifically:

· Two-thirds of bim users say they see positive ROI on their overall investment in bim.

· 87% of expert users are experiencing positive ROI with bim.

· 93% of bim users believe there is potential to gain more value from bim in the future.